TIRUVALLA: Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien and his loyalists are making life difficult for Joseph M Puthussery who is contesting as UDF candidate in Tiruvalla.
Joseph M Puthussery contesting in the Assembly constituency as the representative of Kerala Congress (M).
Loyalists of P J Kurien conducted a meeting at Kaviyoor on Tuesday. They said that K M Mani ignored Kurien’s letter to exclude Puthussery from the UDF list. Satheesh Kochuparambil, one of the Congress leaders, told mediapersons that they decided to field their own candidate in Tiruvalla Assembly constituency.
Earlier P J Kurien had written to K M Mani in this regard. Kurien said Puthussery tried to defeat the UDF candidate during the previous Assembly elections. Puthussery tried to mend ways with Kurien on a number of occasions, but in vain.
Kurien told mediapersons on Tuesday that his stand against Puthussery has not changed yet.